Old Castle Saint André 2021
Vieux Château Saint-André is located in Montagne Saint-Emilion , in the Bordeaux wine region. It belongs to the Berrouet family . The Berrouet brothers, Jeff & Olivier, are the artisans of the family vineyards whose history began in the 1970s when their father Jean-Claude began looking for a few hectares of beautiful vines on the heights of Saint-Emilion. Responsible for all the Moueix family vineyards, Jean-Claude embarked on the adventure of Vignobles Berrouet with his first hectares near the church of Saint-Georges, on clay-limestone soils of Montagne Saint-Emilion. He then took back the name Vieux Château Saint-André which was attached to these plots, but which was no longer exploited. The estate will be 4.5 hectares in 1979, then will be completed in 1982 by 1.5 hectares with the Château Samion in the Lalande de Pomerol appellation bringing the Vineyards to a size of 6 hectares until 2003. Since 2002, it is Jeff, the youngest son who manages the various family vineyards while benefiting from the wise advice of his father and the support of his brother Olivier.
Vieux Château Saint-André is a blend of Merlot (85%) and Cabernet Franc (15%) , cultivated using sustainable methods . Extraction is gentle, vatting is moderate and the wine is kept in vats until the end of malolactic fermentation. Blending is done before being put into barrels and ageing lasts a year or more with a relatively low proportion of new wood (15 to 20%).
Grape varieties: 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc